Summer vacation finally arrived on July 1st.
Whether it was the college entrance exam candidates who had already finished their exams nearly a month ago, or ordinary students or college students.
Countless people were quietly waiting in front of their television screens.
And in the upper right corner of the TV screen, it was clearly——CCTV14 Children's Channel.
That's right, before, many netizens online had complained about the title of "Su Yi Huan" being like a children's show.
It actually sold the broadcast rights to the children's channel.
Although after Su Yi Huan's rebirth in 2020, the Children's Channel had long lost its influence.
But in the current era, it still holds a considerable position in the hearts of minors.
After all, when Su Yi Huan was reborn, his generation still fondly remembered shows like "Happy Planet", "Bala La Little Magic Fairy", and "Armor Warriors" that were aired on the Children's Channel.
What's more, the Pokemon series is far more than just one show.
Utilizing this platform of the Children's Channel, leaving the perfect first impression in the hearts of the future main consumer force of the 90s and 00s, that's very important.
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"You're so grown up, still watching the Children's Channel?"
In a certain household in Xinjiang, a mother who was preparing dinner glanced at her daughter, who had just finished the college entrance exam, sitting on the sofa with her eyes glued to the television, and teased her.
"So what, I just like it!"
Dilraba, who had just turned 18 this year, pouted.
Actually, she didn't watch the Children's Channel much anymore.
But this was the first drama that her childhood idol, Brother Xiaoyao, had directed and acted in.
She should contribute to the ratings.
Just as Dilraba was bickering with her mother.
The time in the upper right corner of the Children's Channel had reached 18:00:00.
"I got a Pokémon!"
At that moment, the commercial abruptly ended.
In its place was Zhao Jinmai's youthful yet energetic shout.
For a moment, countless students nationwide, and even young office workers who had just entered society.
Turned their heads to look at the screen.
Accompanied by the large characters "Pokémon" appearing in the center of the screen, Zhao Jinmai's energetic singing followed——
"Even in water, in fire, in the forest—"
"In the earth, in the clouds, in that girl's skirt—"
"Although it's very, very, very hard—"
Under Zhao Jinmai's singing, the final evolutions of the Kanto starters, Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur flashed past and appeared.
Spitting flames, firing water cannons, and whipping vines.
They immediately grabbed the viewers' attention.
In the past life, there was a saying that was very accurate, the protagonist of the "Pokémon" IP is not Ash or any character, but Pokémon.
And Su Yi Huan himself knew.
The audience would be attracted to this theme, not because of himself, playing Professor Oak, or Zhao Jinmai, who was still a pure newcomer.
But because of Charizard, Snorlax, and Gengar!
In the opening theme song, after the final evolutions of the starters quickly appeared, Zhao Jinmai sang again:
"But I have to get it, get a Pokémon!"
"To Pallet Town, say goodbye～"
"I'll go on a journey with this guy!"
In the scene, Zhao Jinmai, with her shaved head and short hair, threw her red baseball cap to the side of her head and threw a Poké Ball.
There it was!
Ash's most classic Poké Ball throw!
And at that moment, the yellow mouse standing beside Ash also shouted "Pikachu!"
Following that, Peng Yuchang, playing Gary, and Zhang Zifeng, playing Misty, quickly entered the OP scene.
The three of them traveled together, quickly passing through the riverside where rain fell and there were Poliwags and Poliwhirl, setting up camp and building a bonfire in the forest where Butterfree and Beedrill gathered, running happily in the grasslands with Pokémon like Growlithe and Rapidash.
One by one, Pokémon with both good looks and charm, with different styles, continuously appeared in the short one-and-a-half-minute opening sequence, entering the viewers' sights.
Viewers from 5 to 35 years old were excited and restless.
【Damn, this big dog is even cooler than Charizard, is it a tiger or a dog?】
【I'm from the Great Plains, I like that white horse that's on fire more】
【This should be a travel film, it's clear that these three kids plus this yellow mouse are a travel group】
【Didn't the trailer say the protagonist is only ten years old? Can they travel without a grown-up?】
【Damn, didn't you see how powerful those things called Pokémon are? If I had a Dragonite, even if you pointed an AK at my head I wouldn't be scared!】
Although the internet didn't have the function of "bullet screens" yet.
But in countless homes nationwide, the middle schoolers gathered in front of the TV had already started discussing excitedly.
And at the end of the opening theme song.
As Zhao Jinmai sang the lyrics "Pokémon Master, I must achieve this wish,"
The scene finally froze on Ash raising his Poké Ball high, surrounded by Gary, Misty, and Pikachu.
Then, a line of titles appeared——
《Pokémon, I choose you!》